Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch
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Tonya Haigh
National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch
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Why Plan?
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Ranchers benefit from having a
drought plan
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WHAT’S IN A DROUGHT
PLAN?
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Plan is built on understanding
of ranch’s…
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Inventory and Monitor –
Know what you’re working with
droughtatlas.unl.edu
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Monitoring Tools
Vegetation Drought Response Index
(VegDRI):
vegdri.unl.edu
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Building
Resilience
Maximize health of resources
Build flexibility into operation
“We build enough in the good years that we can
stand a two-year drought….In the good years
we build lots of reserve. In the drought years
we take off… ”
Ongoing monitoring
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Drought Plan
Decisions
Trigger
Information
Critical Dates
Options & Strategies
Developing
a Drought Plan
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Write It
Down
Write it down!
“I think it’s real
important to have
that discipline, and
writing it out is
probably as good a
way as any to get
that discipline.”
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PLANNING RESOURCES
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http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan
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http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan
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http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan
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NDMC
on
YouTube
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